TSMC aims to give Chipzilla a kick in the backside
A16 production will start in 2026
TSMC has announced its cutting-edge A16 technology, slated to commence production in the latter half of 2026.
Oldest PC game is 40 years old
Still in active development
Biplane shoot-'em up, Sopwith, is celebrating 40 years since its first release in 1984.
Lenovo first off the bat with slimmer, greener memory
New P1 Gen 7 Thinkpad has LPCAMM2
Lenovo's latest ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 laptop is poised to be the pioneer in adopting the new LPCAMM2 memory form factor, dethroning the traditional SODIMM sticks.
Apple creating an AI server chips
It looks like its AI will be on the cloud after all
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that the fruity cargo cult Apple is building its own AI server processor in a desperate bid to catch up in AI.
Samsung pledges to make super batteries
Will last 20 years, reached 80 per cent charge in nine minutes
Samsung has pledged to deliver electric vehicle (EV) batteries capable of reaching 80 per cent charge in just nine minutes, with a lifespan of 20 years.
Boffins cross DRAM with NAND
Data survives once the power is switched off
Boffins from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have unveiled a prototype that marries the rapidity of Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM) with the non-volatility of NAND flash memory, potentially heralding a new era in data storage technology.
Meta’s shares plummet after losing billions on Zuck’s dreams
Wall Street is not amused.
Meta’s shares took a 19 per cent dive as CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted the company’s favoured initiatives might lead to tens of billions of euros in losses.
Top vole declares AI “newest wave of creation”
We are now gods
Head of Microsoft AI, Mustafa Suleyman, told the gathered throngs at TED 2024 that artificial intelligence (AI) was "the newest wave of creation since the start of life on Earth.”
AMD’s new chips might have a slower video RAM than Nvidia
But that might not be a bad thing
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that AMD’s coming chips might ship with a slower video RAM than its Nvidia equivalents.
CP/M’s 50th anniversary
If it had not been for Windows, things would have been so different
This week marks the 50th anniversary of computer visionary Gary Kildall showcasing CP/M, the first personal computer operating system to achieve commercial success.